Download or read book Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Reginald Stephen Copleston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Aeschylus N 0 discussion of the numerous points under dispute as to the structure of the theatre, the arrangement of the plays, and the dresses of the actors, has been admitted into this volume but in each case that view which appeared most probable and most intelligible has been adopted without any expression of uncertainty, and occasionally even the writer's own conjectures have been introduced. But, in truth, the greatest uncer tainty prevails on all such points. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Plays of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of Aeschylus Ten years after the battle of Marathon, when Xerxes made that 1mmense preparation to revenge the defeat of his father, We find the two surviving brothers exerting their courage in the sea-fight of Salainis: here Amynias, too boldly laying hold of 'a Persian ship, had his hand lopped off with.a sabre; but jeschylus defended him, and saved his life; and, the Athenians decreed him the first ho. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Plays of schylus written by Walter Headlam and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of AEschylus: The Suppliants The numbering of lines adopted in this translation is that of Wecklein (1885), who counts them as they appear in the Medicean MS. (known as M). Wecklein's is the best text for a scholar, but Weil's (Teubner) is good for ordinary purposes. I have been careful to give the readings that differ from these texts - many have been found since they were published - and I venture to believe there is no longer any reason for supposing this curiously interesting play too difficult to read. By far the most complete and thorough commentary is that of Paley in the Bibliotheca Classica, and he who supplements this with Hermann and the too few notes of Weil in his critical edition need not look, I think, for much of value elsewhere on this play. Mr. Tucker, it will be seen, has contributed many most welcome emendations, and where I have been able to agree with him I have not found it easy to improve upon the English of his renderings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Plays of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of Aeschylus: Translated From a Revised d104; The Choephoroe The object of these prose translations is to enable those who know some Greek to read the Greek of [eschylus correctly. They have never dreamed of pretending to any value as artistic form. N o prose, however well it might be used, could ever represent such verse aesthetically 3 only verse can do that 3 and so long as verse affords the means of doing it, to seek the same end with a less effective instru ment I have always looked upon as a mistaken aim. Prose has a proper function of its own, a separate and different one - to Show how the Greek is to be construed; it is superior for that purpose, and should be content, I think, if it can achieve it without more offence than necessary. The true spirit and cmfed are only in the power of verse to give; but verse itself is not in a position to convey them until first it understands the meaning of the poet's words 3 and it is in that preliminary business of explaining that a prose version has its legitimate and useful province. Whether the text has been restored correctly, and the sense of it correctly rendered, - those are the two points on which a prose translation of a poem should be judged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Oresteia of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Lewis Campbell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Oresteia of Aeschylus A few preliminary pages have been added, that the English reader may be placed at the outset in a better position for appreciating the Poet's main intention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agamemnon of AEschylus Editor has once or twice availed himself of 'jove 'mars and 'furies' for the sake of the metre. He has always written Erinnys' where the Greek name is retained, in order that the proper pronunciation may be evident from the form of the word. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides and Aristophanes Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes Or m life of Eschylus, the first of the three great masters of Greek tragedy, only a very meager outline has come dovvn to us. He was born at Eleusis, near Athens, B. C. 525, the son of Euphorion. Before he was twenty-five he began to compete for the tragic price, but did not win a victory for twelve years. He spent two periods of years in Sicily, where he died in 456, killed, it is said, by a tortoise which an eagle dropped on his head. Though a professional writer, he did his share of fighting for his country, and is reported to have taken part in the battles of Marathon, Salamis, and Platau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Greek Tragedy Classic Reprint written by J. T. Sheppard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Greek Tragedy His book does not pretend to be a summary of known facts relating to Greek Tragedy. Nor is it, except incidentally, an essay in critical apprecia tion. Its aim is to help modern readers to enjoy Greek plays. For that reason stress has been laid on ideas and conventions which are not likely to be at first sight obvious to an English reader. That is why more space is given to Aeschylus than to either of his successors. That is also the explanation of the brief allusion which is made to some of the greatest of Greek tragedies. The Oedipus Tyrannus, for instance, depends for its effect upon qualities which are apparent, even in translation, to all readers who care for poetry and drama. It may be added that this book will be of little use unless the reader will turn to the plays them selves, either in the original or at least in a translation. Finally, remarks which are made in regard to one play often apply with equal force to many others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Oresteia of Aeschylus written by R. C. Trevelyan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Oresteia of Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Choephori, Eumenides The fragments of Aeschylus' s predecessors are too scanty to give us any clear idea of the debt he may have owed to them. But it seems probable that drama, as one of the supreme forms of art, was the creation of his own unique personal genius Within the limits of a short introduction no adequate account can be given of his art, or of its rela tions to the plays of his rivals and successors. I must confine myself to a few remarks upon the traditional drama tic forms which he inherited and developed, and upon my own methods of translation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Eumenides of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Eumenides of Aeschylus A critical edition is not made to order, nor to meet a trade demand. It appears whenever the author has completed his congenial task, without any hurry, and to his own satisfaction; so far as the last can be said of works that are imperfect in their nature, that only report progress and marka new starting-point, 'adeo brevis in perfecto est mora'. The publication of this text and notes has been much delayed through various causes. My first emendation of the play was made in May. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Plays of schylus written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of AEschylus: Translated From a Revised Text The second principal stimulus was, in the case of zeschylus, the contact of a mind naturally of a religious bent with the ideas and doctrines of the East. The Ionian cities in Asia Minor were channels for the communication of such ideas, and there was in addition, at Eleusis, the birthplace of aeschylus, a ceremonial worship Of Demeter and Persephone, embodied in the famous Eleusinian Mysteries. With this cult of the Mother and Daughter, which had been one Of the great recipients in Greece of new sacred rites borrowed from Egypt1 and connected with the worship of Isis, the family of [eschylus were, according to tradition, Officially associated. The acquaintance shown by [eschylus in The Persians with the distinctively Persian doctrines and philosophic view of Nature, as opposed to ideas elsewhere pre vailing in the East, would of itself indicate a far more than superficial study of Oriental modes Of thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Four Plays of Aeschylus written by G. M. Cookson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Four Plays of Aeschylus: The Suppliant Maidens; The Persians; The Seven Against Thebes; Prometheus Bound I as the nightingale passioning for sorrow To' Ionian music tune my pipe, And these: soft: cheeks feel the rain-worn furrow That on Nilus' bank grew round and ripe For my heart hath learnt the meaning of tears. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Dramas of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dramas of schylus IN order to appreciate the poetry of antiqt necessary to take into consideration the ideas which lie at its root, which also in tl of their development have determined the alike of ancient literature and art; when we moreover, the immense influence which the I Aryan thought, by its interfasion with Chi has exerted over the culture of the Western new and twofold interest attaches to each of masterbworks of classical antiquity, as exhib. Only the level which the religious thought of had already reached, but also as indicating t] ticm of its future development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The New Readings Contained in Hermann s Posthumous Edition of schylus Classic Reprint written by George Burges and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Readings Contained in Hermann's Posthumous Edition of schylus The figures on the left-hand of the page denote the line of the Greek text according to Hermann' s edition; those on the right-hand, the page and line of the prose version, published In Bohn's Classical Library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Greek Plays written by Sophocles and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King Featuring translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, and James Romm The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world. Not only is the influence of Greek drama palpable in everything from Shakespeare to modern television, the insights contained in Greek tragedy have shaped our perceptions of the nature of human life. Poets, philosophers, and politicians have long borrowed and adapted the ideas and language of Greek drama to help them make sense of their own times. This exciting curated anthology features a cross section of the most popular—and most widely taught—plays in the Greek canon. Fresh translations into contemporary English breathe new life into the texts while capturing, as faithfully as possible, their original meaning. This outstanding collection also offers short biographies of the playwrights, enlightening and clarifying introductions to the plays, and helpful annotations at the bottom of each page. Appendices by prominent classicists on such topics as “Greek Drama and Politics,” “The Theater of Dionysus,” and “Plato and Aristotle on Tragedy” give the reader a rich contextual background. A detailed time line of the dramas, as well as a list of adaptations of Greek drama to literature, stage, and film from the time of Seneca to the present, helps chart the history of Greek tragedy and illustrate its influence on our culture from the Roman Empire to the present day. With a veritable who’s who of today’s most renowned and distinguished classical translators, The Greek Plays is certain to be the definitive text for years to come. Praise for The Greek Plays “Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm deftly have gathered strong new translations from Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Emily Wilson, as well as from Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm themselves. There is a freshness and pungency in these new translations that should last a long time. I admire also the introductions to the plays and the biographies and annotations provided. Closing essays by five distinguished classicists—the brilliant Daniel Mendelsohn and the equally skilled David Rosenbloom, Joshua Billings, Mary-Kay Gamel, and Gregory Hays—all enlightened me. This seems to me a helpful light into our gathering darkness.”—Harold Bloom
Download or read book The Prometheus Bound of schylus Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-14 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Prometheus Bound of AEschylus One of the features of Greek litera ture is its regular and harmonious development. First comes the rise of the epic; when this form has been thoroughly worked over, lyric poetry expands and becomes predominant; out of the lyric grows the drama and last of all comes the splendid harvest of prose. Yet in one sense the lyric is in Greece, as elsewhere, the mother of all poetical forms. The epos is but a devel Opment and interknitting of the old songs of the minstrels celebrating the deeds of heroes and ancestors; the drama grew directly from the chants, now passionate and now ribald, sung in honor of Dionysus. And in both cases the genius of a single man was so predominant as to establish once and forever the model which all were to follow. What Homer did for epic, Aeschylus accomplished for tragic poetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Some Aspects of the Dramatic Art of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Rufus Town Stephenson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Aspects of the Dramatic Art of Aeschylus Speeches Speeches justifying Speech instead of Action Speeches used by the Poet to justify long Narrations Five Speeches justifying a previous Silence Speeches in the Persians sacrificing Illusion for the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
